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"
Fine
,
fine
,
"
replied
Higby
,
cheerfully
,
studying
the
bill-of-fare
.
"
An
'
you
,
Griffiths
?
What
are
you
goin
'
to
have
?
"
called
Hegglund
,
for
,
as
master-of-ceremonies
,
delegated
by
the
others
to
look
after
the
orders
and
pay
the
bill
and
tip
the
waiter
,
he
was
now
fulfilling
the
role
.
"
Who
,
me
?
Oh
,
me
,
"
exclaimed
Clyde
,
not
a
little
disturbed
by
this
inquiry
,
for
up
to
now
--
this
very
hour
,
in
fact
--
he
had
never
touched
anything
stronger
than
coffee
or
ice-cream
soda
.
He
had
been
not
a
little
taken
back
by
the
brisk
and
sophisticated
way
in
which
these
youths
ordered
cocktails
and
whisky
.
Surely
he
could
not
go
so
far
as
that
,
and
yet
,
so
well
had
he
known
long
before
this
,
from
the
conversation
of
these
youths
,
that
on
such
occasions
as
this
they
did
drink
,
that
he
did
not
see
how
he
could
very
well
hold
back
.
What
would
they
think
of
him
if
he
did
n't
drink
something
?
For
ever
since
he
had
been
among
them
,
he
had
been
trying
to
appear
as
much
of
a
man
of
the
world
as
they
were
.
And
yet
back
of
him
,
as
he
could
plainly
feel
,
lay
all
of
the
years
in
which
he
had
been
drilled
in
the
"
horrors
"
of
drink
and
evil
companionship
.
And
even
though
in
his
heart
this
long
while
he
had
secretly
rebelled
against
nearly
all
the
texts
and
maxims
to
which
his
parents
were
always
alluding
,
deeply
resenting
really
as
worthless
and
pointless
the
ragamuffin
crew
of
wasters
and
failures
whom
they
were
always
seeking
to
save
,
still
,
now
he
was
inclined
to
think
and
hesitate
.
Should
he
or
should
he
not
drink
?
For
the
fraction
of
an
instant
only
,
while
all
these
things
in
him
now
spoke
,
he
hesitated
,
then
added
:
"
Why
,
I
,
oh
--
I
think
I
'll
take
Rhine
wine
and
seltzer
,
too
.
"
It
was
the
easiest
and
safest
thing
to
say
,
as
he
saw
it
.
Already
the
rather
temperate
and
even
innocuous
character
of
Rhine
wine
and
seltzer
had
been
emphasized
by
Hegglund
and
all
the
others
.
And
yet
Ratterer
was
taking
it
--
a
thing
which
made
his
choice
less
conspicuous
and
,
as
he
felt
,
less
ridiculous
.
"
Will
you
listen
to
dis
now
?
"
exclaimed
Hegglund
,
dramatically
.
"
He
says
he
'll
have
Rhine
wine
and
seltzer
,
too
.
I
see
where
dis
party
breaks
up
at
half-past
eight
,
all
right
,
unless
some
of
de
rest
of
us
do
someting
.
"
And
Davis
Higby
,
who
was
far
more
trenchant
and
roistering
than
his
pleasant
exterior
gave
any
indication
of
,
turned
to
Ratterer
and
said
:
"
Whatja
want
to
start
this
Rhine
wine
and
seltzer
stuff
for
,
so
soon
,
Tom
?
Dontcha
want
us
to
have
any
fun
at
all
to-night
?
"
"
Well
,
I
told
you
why
,
"
said
Ratterer
.
"
Besides
,
the
last
time
I
went
down
to
that
joint
I
had
forty
bucks
when
I
went
in
and
not
a
cent
when
I
came
out
.
I
want
to
know
what
's
goin
'
on
this
time
.
"
"
That
joint
,
"
thought
Clyde
on
hearing
it
.
Then
,
after
this
supper
,
when
they
had
all
drunk
and
eaten
enough
,
they
were
going
down
to
one
of
those
places
called
a
"
joint
"
--
a
bad-house
,
really
.
There
was
no
doubt
of
it
--
he
knew
what
the
word
meant
.
There
would
be
women
there
--
bad
women
--
evil
women
.
And
he
would
be
expected
--
could
he
--
would
he
?
